This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The careful planning of the complex project showed the sagacity of the group leader. A) Strong senses. B) Wisdom; good judgement. C) Careful planning. D) Strong leadership. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wisdom; good judgement. 2. How many policemen entered the house? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 3. What is the point of view used in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' when the narrator addresses the reader directly? A) Second person. B) Third person omniscient. C) Third person limited. D) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second person. 4. Very keen A) Vehemently. B) Over-acuteness. C) Waned. D) Reposed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over-acuteness. 5. " ..... and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in!" What does the word "cunningly" mean in the above sentence? A) Annoyed, or bothered. B) Intelligence and good judgement. C) Disguising of intentions and/or feelings. D) Doing something in a sneaky, crafty, and skillful manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doing something in a sneaky, crafty, and skillful manner. 6. Define the word audacity A) Without success. B) Not loud because the sound is being covered. C) With great feeling. D) Take a bold risk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take a bold risk. 7. What did the narrator use to illuminate the room? A) A candle. B) A flashlight. C) A lantern. D) A matchstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A lantern. 8. The concealment of one's thoughts or feelings A) Tattoo. B) Sagacity. C) Concealment. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concealment. 9. To lay at rest A) Awe. B) Reposed. C) Acuteness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reposed. 10. The professor's discussion on characterization was ..... A) Profound. B) Refrained. C) Suavity. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profound. 11. To have your mouth open wide in surprise, wonder, or shock A) Blather. B) Raved. C) Agape. D) Skulk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agape. 12. REPOSE A) CHARMING; CONFIDENT. B) LYING DOWN IN REST; KEPT IN A PARTICULAR PLACE. C) TO AN INTENSE DEGREE; SHARP. D) PROBLEMATIC; ANNOYED;FRUSTRATED. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) LYING DOWN IN REST; KEPT IN A PARTICULAR PLACE. 13. Which word or phrase is a synonym for the word envelop? A) Enclose. B) Attitude. C) Literal. D) Wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enclose. 14. Land and buildings on it A) Derision. B) Sagacity. C) Premises. D) Scantlings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Premises. 15. What does the narrator see when he opens the lantern? A) The old man's face. B) The old man's vulture eye. C) The old man's body. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The old man's vulture eye. 16. To lower; to smother A) Stifle. B) Hypocritical. C) Concealment. D) Overcharged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stifle. 17. The resolution of Scope magazine's dramatic version of "The Tell Tale Heart" is an example ..... ? A) Idiom. B) Aside. C) The pun. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 18. What is a synonym for the word 'Hearken'? A) Observe. B) Hear. C) Speak. D) Ignore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear. 19. A beautiful sunset will cause this A) Vex. B) Awe. C) Waned. D) Bade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Awe. 20. Disturbed A) Vexed. B) Audacity. C) Acute. D) Wary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vexed. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesThe Tell Tale Heart Quiz 1The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 2The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 3The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 4The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 5The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 6The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 7The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 8The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books